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HELENE L. SWENEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTIRE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

Continuation of application Serial No. 130,257, filed November 8, 1916.This application led May 14, 1917. Serial No. 168,348.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HELENE L. SWENEY,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inPortiere-Holders, of which the following description in connection withthe accompanying drawing is a specification, like characters on thedrawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to a device for application to a portire, curtainor similar article presenting a hook by which the portiere, curtain orother article may be suspended from a suitable support such as the usualcurtain rings upon a curtain rod.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which isself-attachable to the portiere, curtain or other article and whichtherefore requires no sewing or fastening to hold it in place.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwith the. hook portion alone of which shall be visible at the upper edgeof the portiere.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character inwhich the body or frame of the device shall be inserted within the upperfolded edge of the portire and shall lie concealed in the fold.

The object of the .invention is to provide a device of this characterwith an extended straight upper edge upon which the fold of the portiererests and with a pointed hook readily insertible through the material ofthe portire. These and other objects of the invention will appear morefully from the accompanying description and drawings and will beparticularly pointed out in the claims. j

rlhe drawings show the invention in its preferred forms for supporting aportiere on an ordinary rod provided with curtain rings.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective showing a curtain rod, rings and portieresuspended there from by the aid of the device embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 illustrates a form of the invention in place in the portire, aportion of the portiere being shown and one fold being cut away at themedial line of the fold;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device shown in Figs. 2 and 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of the device;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a third form of the device. n The deviceas shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4e is formed from a suitable piece of wire,the size and flexibility of which is determined by the weight of theportiere, curtain or article to be supported. It should. be ofsufficient strength to maintain its shape under ordinary conditions ofuse and of sutlicient flexibility to enable it to be bent into therequired shape.

The device presents as its body portion a thin fiat frame with anextended upper straight edge 1, adapted to lie within the folded edge ofthe portiere. A hook 2 upstands from the central portion lof thestraight edge 1 and is of just sufficient size to pass through andproject above the folded edge of the material 3 of the portiere andenable it to engage the device by which it is supported as, for example,the usual eye 4 on a usual curtain ring 5. This hook at its free end isbent slightly outward as shown at G and is sharpened to a dull point sothat it may readily penetrate the goods of which the article to besupported is formed and without tearing or injuring the goods.

In the form of the invention illustrated the device is formed of asingle piece of wire. This wire is bent to present a thin flat skeletonframe portion having the extended straight upper edge 1, the roundedends 7 and the lower edge 8, all the parts lying in the same plane. Eachend of the wire forming the frame is bent back toward the center and inthis form of the invention the bent back portions form the extendedstraight upper edge 1. lhere the ends of the wire intersect they aretwisted together as shown at 9, and one end after being thus twisted isextended upwardly and bent into the form of the upstanding hook 2 whichpreferably projects in a plane at right angles to the plane of theskeleton frame portion. y

the ends of the wire are bent back toward the center of the frame and inthe plane thereof to form the lower edge of the frame. These ends arethen twisted together at 11, one end preferably being also twisted aboutthe upper edge 10 and extending upwardly and bent into the form of theupstanding hook 2 as before.

A third form of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 6. In this case theextended upper straight portion 12 of the thin flat skeleton frameportion rests at the middle upon one extreme end 13 of the wire. Thisend 13 with the other end of said wire are each bent back toward thecenter of the frame and in the plane thereof to form the lower edge ofthe frame and then the ends are twisted together as illustrated to bringthe extreme end 13 directly under the upper edge portion 12 and then oneend is extended upwardly and bent into the form of the up standing hook2 as before.

The manner of use of the device will now be apparent. Then the portiereas at 14 in F ig. 1 has one end folded over as at 15 the hook 2 isinserted from the inside through the folded edge and drawn through untilthe extended straight portion of the thin flat skeleton frame liesagainst the inside of the folded edge while the thin at frame of thedevice lies flat between the two layers of the portiere. Thus the entiredevice is concealed from view with the exception of the hook alone whichprojects above the portiere and is readily insertible in the device bywhich it is supported. It is unnecessary to attach the device by sewingor otherwise to the portire. As many of them are used as are necessaryand as required by the article to be supported.

If full length of portire is desired the portion 15 of the portiere maybe a simple narrow turned over edge or hem and after the holders of thisinvention are placed 1n position may be sewed down to the mainV layer ofthe portiere in the usual manner.

This application is a continuation of my prior application No. 130,257filed November s, 191e.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A portiere holder formed from a single piece of wire bent to presenta thin fiat skeleton frame portion having an extended straight upperedge, each end of said wire bent back toward the center of said frameand in the plane thereof, the said ends being twisted together and oneend projecting above the straight upper edge in the form of anupstanding hook adapted to penetrate, and project above, the folded edgeof the portiere, with the frame portion lying within the folded edge of,and sup-porting, the portiere.

2. A portire holder presenting a thin flat frame portion with anextended straight upper edge to lie within the folded edge of, andsupport, the portiere, and a hook upstanding from the central portion ofsaid edge adapted to penetrate and project above the folded edge.

3. A portiere holder presenting a thin flat skeleton frame portion withcurved ends and an extended straight upper edge to lie within the foldededge of, and support, the portire, and a hook upstanding from thecentral portion of said edge adapted to penetra-te and project above thefolded edge.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HELENE L. SWENEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, JJ. C.

